Effect of operating parameters on the mixing performance of the Superblend coaxial mixer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1826-1833

  Wang, Xiao ^a   Fradette, Louis ^a   Takenaka, Katsuhide ^b   Tanguy, Philippe ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SHI Mechanical and Equipment Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW REGIMES; HELICAL RIBBONS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; MIXING TIME; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING MODES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SPEED RATIO; TURBULENT REGIME;

IMPELLERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

MIXING;

EID: 84863062719     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200707n     Document Type: Article

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